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Locality Name:
Marble District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA


mindat Locality ID: 158891
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158891.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Marble District, Gunnison Co., Colorado, USA": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 44
Child Localities:
Belle Of Titusville
Bennet Tunnel
Black Eagle
Black Queen Shaft (McVey Tunnel; Fargo Claim; Black Queen Mine)
Bonton
Brooklyn
Catalpa Mine
Colorado Yule Marble Company Quarries (Colorado Stone Quarries)
Crystal Tunnel
Disc Shaft
Don No. 2
Evening Star Occurrence
Gold Pan Vein Occurrence
Harris - Farley Tunnel
High Tide Tunnel
Inez
John Baroni Tunnel Occurrence
Lead Bullet Prospect
Lead King Mine
Lizard Lake
Low Tide
Lucky Boy
McVey Tunnel
Patricia Lee Occurrence
Schofield (Scofield)
Sheep Mountain Tunnel
Silver Nugget Occurrence (Gothic Belle; Cleopatra; Kershaw; Monarch; Big Indian; Silver Crop; Leviathan; Catalpa-Tennessee)
Skyline Mine (Little Darling Mine; Wacker; Lead Bullet Occurrence)
Strauss Occurrence
Strauss; Yule
Tennessee
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10118309)
Unknown Gold (MRDS - 10288079)
Unknown Lead - Copper Occurrence (MRDS - 10017180)
Unknown Lead - Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10091245)
Unknown Lead (MRDS - 10215515)
Unknown Marble - Dimension Occurrence (MRDS - 10017243)
Unknown Silver - Lead - Zinc Occurrence (MRDS - 10091244)
Unknown Silver - Lead Occurrence (MRDS - 10091062)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10264082)
Unknown Silver (MRDS - 10288216)
Unknown Silver Occurrence (MRDS - 10017110)
Virginia; Valley; May Pioneer Occurrence
Whopper Lode

Latitude: 39°3'9"N
Longitude: 107°7'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.0525,-107.12055555556
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Au C Ca Cu F Fe H O Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumFluoriteNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11897442793
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11897243250
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411897365516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2189724,18973627770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11897245707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23189732,189736,18975127198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O1189736566
Copper  (*)CopperCu5189727,189739,189747,189754,1897633846
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF211897399617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4189732,189736,189744,18975124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3189733,189736,18974030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3118973614640
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2118973639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2118973661156
Silver  (*)CopperAg14189721,189722,189723,189724,189734,189736,189738,189747,189748,189755,189759,189762,189763,1897645186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2189736,18975121482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO211897362718


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